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• Anna Maria Johanna Ketner, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dobbe Van Bergen, Oegstgeest
• Aafke Dirks Talma, Rinsumageest († 1864)
• Adriaan Isaac Helm, Middelburg, Nederland († 1864)
• Alida Adriana Pieterman, Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1863)
• Alberta Hietbrink, Groot Dochteren (Lochem) († 1908)
• Adrianus Woutersz Boon, Ooltgensplaat
• Andreas van Nimwegen, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1920)
• Adriaan van Galder, Zundert († 1931)
• Alida Maria de Rue, Loenen († 1901)

• Anna Maria Cornelia van Boxel (0), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernard Hermann August Brijan (0), Lingen,, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Adrianus Arijsz Kooijman (70), Oud-Beijerland
• Anna Maria Sassen (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Anna Maria Rijnberg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Augusta Julie Six (1), Sint Catharinastraat C12 Nr38, Brugge
• Anna Maria De Jong (71), Rotterdam
• Alfred Major (57), St. Louis, Missouri
• Casper Joseph Duijkers (68), Steenwijk
• Anna Maria Geertruida Piederiet, Bergen op Zoom

• 1856 » Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist († 1936)
• 1858 » Take Ionescu, Romanian politician, diplomat, journalist and lawyer († 1922)
• 1864 » Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer († 1956)
• 1864 » John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company († 1920)
• 1864 » Toktogul Satylganov, Kyrgyz Akyn, poet and singer († 1933)
• 1866 » Georg Schumann, German composer († 1952)
• 1866 » Norbert Klein, Bishop of Brno († 1933)
• 1866 » Thomas Armat, American mechanic and inventor († 1948)
• 1867 » Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general († 1937)
• 1868 » Dan Burke, American baseball player († 1933)

• 1806 » Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (b. 1750)
• 1826 » Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (b. 1745)
• 1833 » Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)
• 1852 » John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (b. 1870)
• 1910 » Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)
• 1916 » William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
• 1919 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (b. 1849)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• January 31 » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
• April 25 » American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
• May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
• June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
• November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
• December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.

The temperature on October 25, 1862 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.